When Wally’s Luca Bassani writes cheques, the results are seldom boring. In 2003 he unveiled the astounding gas-turbine 118Wallypower, a 17,000hp monster that looked like Darth Vader’s dayboat and hit nearly 55 knots. Then in 2009 there was the WHY53. It was described as a ‘floating island’, built on an offshore oil industry ‘Ramform’ hull design and powered by electric motors. With a beam of 125ft (38m) on an overall length of 190ft (58m), it was the size of a mid-size airport terminal.
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The Ultimate Boat Company
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MY FANTASY FLEET
Name: Mark Cherryholmes Current boat: 1972 American Marine Laguna, 1982 Proline Fisherman, 1973 Rinkerbuilt runabout Berthed: Lake Erie, Ohio USA
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From the creators of the stunning but bonkers 118Wallypower and WHY53, the uber-cool WHY200 has genuine mainstream appeal
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Ten years after the SR52 Blackbird blew us away there is a new, smaller SR model ready to take on an ever-growing field of challengers. With a sunny Solent as our playground it was time to put the SR44 through its paces
